Full Text of SB1624 102nd General Assembly
SB1624 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB1624 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Doris Turner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 110 ILCS 305/8 | from Ch. 144, par. 29 | 110 ILCS 520/8e | from Ch. 144, par. 658e | 110 ILCS 660/5-85 | | 110 ILCS 665/10-85 | | 110 ILCS 670/15-85 | | 110 ILCS 675/20-85 | | 110 ILCS 680/25-85 | | 110 ILCS 685/30-85 | | 110 ILCS 690/35-85 | |
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Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. With respect to the high school coursework that a person must satisfactorily complete for university admission, adds agricultural sciences as a course option for the science category and agricultural education as a course option for the electives category.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 305/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 29)
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Admissions.
| 8 | | (a) (Blank).
| 9 | | (b) No In addition, commencing in the fall of 1993, no new | 10 | | student shall
then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in | 11 | | any of the departments or
colleges of the University unless | 12 | | such student also has satisfactorily
completed:
| 13 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 14 | | the following
5 categories:
| 15 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 16 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 17 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 18 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 19 | | and government);
| 20 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 21 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 22 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 23 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or |
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| 1 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 2 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 3 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 4 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 5 | | education, or art;
| 6 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual | 7 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 8 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 9 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 10 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 11 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 12 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 13 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 14 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for | 15 | | admission. The Board of Trustees of the
University of | 16 | | Illinois shall not discriminate in the University's | 17 | | admissions
process against an applicant for admission | 18 | | because of the applicant's
enrollment
in a charter school | 19 | | established under Article 27A of the School Code.
| 20 | | Institutions
may also admit 1)
applicants who did not have | 21 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 22 | | curriculum in high school, and 2) educationally | 23 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 24 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 25 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 26 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's |
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| 1 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 2 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 3 | | (3) except that up to 3 of the 15 units of coursework | 4 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 5 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 6 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 7 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 8 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 9 | | (c) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 10 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 11 | | coursework required by
subsection (b).
| 12 | | (d) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 13 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 14 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 15 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 16 | | (e) The Board of Trustees shall establish an admissions | 17 | | process in which honorably discharged veterans are permitted | 18 | | to submit an application for admission to the University as a | 19 | | freshman student enrolling in the spring semester if the | 20 | | veteran was on active duty during the fall semester. The | 21 | | University may request that the Department of Veterans' | 22 | | Affairs confirm the status of an applicant as an honorably | 23 | | discharged veteran who was on active duty during the fall | 24 | | semester. | 25 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.) |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Southern Illinois University Management | 2 | | Act is amended by changing Section 8e as follows:
| 3 | | (110 ILCS 520/8e) (from Ch. 144, par. 658e)
| 4 | | Sec. 8e. Admissions.
| 5 | | (a) No Commencing in the fall of 1993, no new student shall
| 6 | | then or thereafter be admitted to instruction in any of the | 7 | | departments or
colleges of the University unless such student | 8 | | also has satisfactorily
completed:
| 9 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 10 | | the following
5 categories:
| 11 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 12 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 13 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 14 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 15 | | and government);
| 16 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 17 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 18 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 19 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 20 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 21 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 22 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 23 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 24 | | education, or art;
| 25 | | (2) except that institutions may admit individual |
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| 1 | | applicants if the
institution determines through | 2 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 3 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 4 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 5 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 6 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 7 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 8 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for | 9 | | admission. The Board of Trustees of Southern
Illinois | 10 | | University shall not discriminate in the University's
| 11 | | admissions process against an applicant for admission | 12 | | because of the
applicant's
enrollment in a charter school | 13 | | established under Article 27A of the
School Code. | 14 | | Institutions may also admit 1)
applicants who did not have | 15 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 16 | | curriculum in high school, and 2) educationally | 17 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 18 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 19 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 20 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 21 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 22 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 23 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 24 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 25 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 26 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences |
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| 1 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 2 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 3 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 4 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 5 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 6 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 7 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 8 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 9 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 10 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 11 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 12 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 13 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 14 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 15 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 16 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 17 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 19 | | Section 15. The Chicago State University Law is amended by | 20 | | changing Section 5-85 as follows:
| 21 | | (110 ILCS 660/5-85)
| 22 | | Sec. 5-85. Admissions.
| 23 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 24 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Chicago State University |
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| 1 | | unless such student also has
satisfactorily completed:
| 2 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 3 | | the following
5 categories:
| 4 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 5 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 6 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 7 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 8 | | and government);
| 9 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 10 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 11 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 12 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 13 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 14 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 15 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 16 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 17 | | education, or art;
| 18 | | (2) except that Chicago State University may admit | 19 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 20 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 21 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 22 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 23 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 24 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 25 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 26 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of |
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| 1 | | Trustees of Chicago State University
shall not | 2 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 3 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 4 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 5 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Chicago State | 6 | | University may also admit
(i)
applicants who did not have | 7 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 8 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 9 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 10 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 11 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 12 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 13 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 14 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 15 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 16 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 17 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 18 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 19 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 20 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 21 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 22 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 23 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 24 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 25 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 26 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency |
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| 1 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 2 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 3 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 4 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 5 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 6 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 7 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 8 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 9 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 11 | | Section 20. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended | 12 | | by changing Section 10-85 as follows:
| 13 | | (110 ILCS 665/10-85)
| 14 | | Sec. 10-85. Admissions.
| 15 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 16 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Eastern Illinois | 17 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 18 | | completed:
| 19 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 20 | | the following
5 categories:
| 21 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 22 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 23 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 24 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history |
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| 1 | | and government);
| 2 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 3 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 4 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 5 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 6 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 7 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 8 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 9 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 10 | | education, or art;
| 11 | | (2) except that Eastern Illinois University may admit | 12 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 13 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 14 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 15 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 16 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 17 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 18 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 19 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 20 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University
shall not | 21 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 22 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 23 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 24 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Eastern Illinois | 25 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 26 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory |
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| 1 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 2 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 3 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 4 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 5 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 6 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 7 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 8 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 9 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 10 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 11 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 12 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 13 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 14 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 15 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 16 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 17 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 18 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 19 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 20 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 21 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 22 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 23 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 24 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 25 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 26 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the |
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| 1 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 2 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 4 | | Section 25. The Governors State University Law is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 15-85 as follows:
| 6 | | (110 ILCS 670/15-85)
| 7 | | Sec. 15-85. Admissions.
| 8 | | (a) No new student shall
be admitted to instruction in any | 9 | | of the departments or
colleges of the Governors State | 10 | | University unless such student also has
satisfactorily | 11 | | completed:
| 12 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 13 | | the following
5 categories:
| 14 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 15 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 16 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 17 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 18 | | and government);
| 19 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 20 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 21 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 22 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 23 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 24 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language |
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| 1 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 2 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 3 | | education, or art;
| 4 | | (2) except that Governors State University may admit | 5 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 6 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 7 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 8 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 9 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 10 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 11 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 12 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 13 | | Trustees of Governors State University
shall not | 14 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 15 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 16 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 17 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Governors State | 18 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 19 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 20 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 21 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 22 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 23 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 24 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 25 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 26 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
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| 1 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 2 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 3 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 4 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 5 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 6 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 7 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 8 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 9 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 10 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 11 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 12 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 13 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 14 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 15 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 16 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 17 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 18 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 19 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 20 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 21 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 23 | | Section 30. The Illinois State University Law is amended | 24 | | by changing Section 20-85 as follows:
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| 1 | | (110 ILCS 675/20-85)
| 2 | | Sec. 20-85. Admissions.
| 3 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 4 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Illinois State | 5 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 6 | | completed:
| 7 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 8 | | the following
5 categories:
| 9 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 10 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 11 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 12 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 13 | | and government);
| 14 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 15 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 16 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 17 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 18 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 19 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 20 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 21 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 22 | | education, or art;
| 23 | | (2) except that Illinois State University may admit | 24 | | individual applicants
if it determines through assessment | 25 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 26 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses |
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| 1 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 2 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 3 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 4 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 5 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 6 | | Trustees of Illinois State University
shall not | 7 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 8 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 9 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 10 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Illinois State | 11 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 12 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 13 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 14 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 15 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 16 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 17 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 18 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 19 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 20 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 21 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 22 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 23 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 24 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 25 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 26 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall |
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| 1 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 2 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 3 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 4 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 5 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 6 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 7 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 8 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 9 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 10 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 11 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 12 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 13 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 14 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 16 | | Section 35. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is | 17 | | amended by changing Section 25-85 as follows:
| 18 | | (110 ILCS 680/25-85)
| 19 | | Sec. 25-85. Admissions.
| 20 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 21 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northeastern Illinois | 22 | | University unless such
student also has satisfactorily | 23 | | completed:
| 24 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from |
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| 1 | | the following
5 categories:
| 2 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 3 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 4 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 5 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 6 | | and government);
| 7 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 8 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 9 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 10 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 11 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 12 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 13 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 14 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 15 | | education, or art;
| 16 | | (2) except that Northeastern Illinois University may | 17 | | admit individual
applicants
if it determines through | 18 | | assessment or through evaluation based on
learning | 19 | | outcomes of the coursework taken, including vocational | 20 | | education
courses and courses taken in a charter school | 21 | | established under Article 27A
of the School Code, that the | 22 | | applicant demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
| 23 | | equivalent to the knowledge and skills expected to be | 24 | | acquired in the high
school courses required for | 25 | | admission.
The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois | 26 | | University
shall not discriminate in the University's |
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| 1 | | admissions process against an
applicant for admission | 2 | | because of the applicant's enrollment in a charter
school | 3 | | established under Article 27A of the School Code. | 4 | | Northeastern Illinois
University may also admit (i) | 5 | | applicants who did not have an opportunity to
complete the | 6 | | minimum college
preparatory curriculum in high school, and | 7 | | (ii) educationally disadvantaged
applicants who are | 8 | | admitted to the formal organized special assistance
| 9 | | programs that are tailored to the needs of such students, | 10 | | providing that in
either case, the institution | 11 | | incorporates in the applicant's baccalaureate
curriculum | 12 | | courses or other academic activities that compensate for | 13 | | course
deficiencies; and
| 14 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 15 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 16 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 17 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 18 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 19 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 20 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 21 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 22 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 23 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 24 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 25 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 26 | | test as a prerequisite
to admission.
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| 1 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 2 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 3 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 4 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 5 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 6 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 7 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 8 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 10 | | Section 40. The Northern Illinois University Law is | 11 | | amended by changing Section 30-85 as follows:
| 12 | | (110 ILCS 685/30-85)
| 13 | | Sec. 30-85. Admissions.
| 14 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 15 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Northern Illinois | 16 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 17 | | completed:
| 18 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 19 | | the following
5 categories:
| 20 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 21 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 22 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 23 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 24 | | and government);
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| 1 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 2 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 3 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 4 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 5 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 6 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 7 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign | 8 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 9 | | education, or art;
| 10 | | (2) except that Northern Illinois University may admit | 11 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 12 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 13 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 14 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 15 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 16 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 17 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 18 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 19 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University
shall not | 20 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 21 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 22 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 23 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Northern Illinois | 24 | | University may also admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 25 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 26 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally |
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| 1 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 2 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 3 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 4 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 5 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 6 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 7 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework | 8 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 9 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 10 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 11 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 12 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 13 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 14 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 15 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 16 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 17 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 18 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 19 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 20 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 21 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 22 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 23 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 24 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 25 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 26 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who |
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| 1 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 2 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
| 3 | | Section 45. The Western Illinois University Law is amended | 4 | | by changing Section 35-85 as follows:
| 5 | | (110 ILCS 690/35-85)
| 6 | | Sec. 35-85. Admissions.
| 7 | | (a) No new student shall be admitted to instruction in any | 8 | | of the
departments or colleges of the Western Illinois | 9 | | University unless such student
also has satisfactorily | 10 | | completed:
| 11 | | (1) at least 15 units of high school coursework from | 12 | | the following
5 categories:
| 13 | | (A) 4 years of English (emphasizing written and | 14 | | oral communications
and literature), of which up to 2 | 15 | | years may be collegiate level instruction;
| 16 | | (B) 3 years of social studies (emphasizing history | 17 | | and government);
| 18 | | (C) 3 years of mathematics (introductory through | 19 | | advanced algebra,
geometry, trigonometry, or | 20 | | fundamentals of computer programming);
| 21 | | (D) 3 years of science (laboratory sciences or | 22 | | agricultural sciences ); and
| 23 | | (E) 2 years of electives in foreign language | 24 | | (which may be deemed to include American Sign |
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| 1 | | Language), music, vocational
education , agricultural | 2 | | education, or art;
| 3 | | (2) except that Western Illinois University may admit | 4 | | individual
applicants if it determines through assessment | 5 | | or through evaluation based on
learning outcomes of the | 6 | | coursework taken, including vocational education
courses | 7 | | and courses taken in a charter school established under | 8 | | Article 27A
of the School Code, that the applicant | 9 | | demonstrates knowledge and skills
substantially
equivalent | 10 | | to the knowledge and skills expected to be acquired in the | 11 | | high
school courses required for admission.
The Board of | 12 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University
shall not | 13 | | discriminate in the University's
admissions process | 14 | | against an applicant for admission because of the
| 15 | | applicant's
enrollment in a charter school established | 16 | | under Article 27A of the
School Code.
Western Illinois | 17 | | University may also
admit (i)
applicants who did not have | 18 | | an opportunity to complete the minimum college
preparatory | 19 | | curriculum in high school, and (ii) educationally | 20 | | disadvantaged
applicants who are admitted to the formal | 21 | | organized special assistance
programs that are tailored to | 22 | | the needs of such students, providing that in
either case, | 23 | | the institution incorporates in the applicant's | 24 | | baccalaureate
curriculum courses or other academic | 25 | | activities that compensate for course
deficiencies; and
| 26 | | (3) except that up to 3 of 15 units of coursework |
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| 1 | | required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection may be | 2 | | distributed by deducting no more
than one unit each from | 3 | | the categories of social studies, mathematics,
sciences | 4 | | and electives and completing those 3 units in any of the 5
| 5 | | categories of coursework described in paragraph (1).
| 6 | | (b) When allocating funds, local boards of education shall | 7 | | recognize
their obligation to their students to offer the | 8 | | coursework required by
subsection (a).
| 9 | | (c) A student who has graduated from high school and has | 10 | | scored within the
University's accepted range on the ACT or | 11 | | SAT shall not be required to take a high school equivalency | 12 | | test as a prerequisite to
admission.
| 13 | | (d) The Board shall establish an admissions process in | 14 | | which honorably discharged veterans are permitted to submit an | 15 | | application for admission to the University as a freshman | 16 | | student enrolling in the spring semester if the veteran was on | 17 | | active duty during the fall semester. The University may | 18 | | request that the Department of Veterans' Affairs confirm the | 19 | | status of an applicant as an honorably discharged veteran who | 20 | | was on active duty during the fall semester. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15; 99-806, eff. 8-15-16.)
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